Sunday, February 17, 2008

I was walking with one of my MBA class teams through an open-air mall the other day (don't ask why... not relevant to the story). These types of malls always pipe-in music, and today's selection was "Maneater" by Hall & Oates. I mentioned that if getting older wasn't enough, I'd noticed that advertisers realized that I'm in my mid-thirty's too. I suppose they believe I have money to burn, because there are just WAY too many ads that use 80s music.

The lone female in the group says "So....... you must have all been born in the 70s, right?"

"Yes," we collectively reply. "When were you born?"

"1987."

Ouch.

Anyways, here's the list of songs that I've heard that are featured in various ads on TV and radio.

"All Out of Love" - Air Supply - Denny's Breakfast

"Blister in the Sun" - Violent Femmes - Wendy's

"Cruel Summer" - Bananarama - Kellog's Special K

"Da Da Da" - Trio - Volkswagen

"Don't You Want Me" - Human League - Chips Ahoy

"Final Countdown" - Europe - Nintendo Wii

"Hungry Like The Wolf" - Duran Duran - Old Spice (my personal favorite because it also has Bruce Campbell singing it at a piano)

"I Melt with You" - Modern English - Taco Bell Cheesy Melt

"I Melt with You" - Modern English - GMC Acadia

"I Want Candy" - Bow Wow Bow - Pringles

"Love My Way" - Psychedelic Furs - CBS Cold Case teaser

"Making Love Out of Nothing at All" - Air Supply - Wendy's

"Maniac" - Michael Sambello - Kia

"Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits - Toyota

"One Thing Leads to Another" - The Fixx - LendingTree

"Our House" - Madness - Maxwell House

"Over the Rainbow" - Israel Kamakawiwo Ole - eToys.com

"Rockit" - Herbie Hancock - Visa Checkcard

"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell - Levi's (ok, this one is from a few years ago, where they bring a pair of jeans back to live... but still)

"Talk" - Talk Talk - Cingular

"Tarzan Boy" - Baltimora - Listerine (also from a few years ago)

"We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister - Bee Movie

"Whip It" - Devo - Pringle's Pack-It

What other songs have you heard that bring a smile to your face, but don't really cause you to go buy any of their products?